20 best movies like How I Became a Gangster (2019)

List of the best movies like How I Became a Gangster (2019): Gangster Squad, Lansky, Public Enemies, The Traffic Department, Boys Cry, The Traitor, Mafia Inc., Run All Night, The Irishman, The Trust.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

    Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, crime, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:20

    Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryPoland
    Duration01:58

    Seven policemen, seven deadly sins, a murder case, secrets and the filth of everyday police work: Traffic Department transports the viewer into the darkest Warsaw streets.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryItaly

    Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. Then, after killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryItaly, France, Germany, Brazil
    Duration01:40

    Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryCanada

    The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vincent "Vince" Gamache works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince, reckless and rash, seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather. Without the Paternò knowing, he stages a big operation and is promoted. Fuming with jealousy, Giaco discovers that Vince committed a monstrous act during his stroke. The Gamache disown Vince and war begins.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

      Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA

      Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:21

      A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genreaction, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      The story of America's most famous mobsters and their rise to power. Examine Al Capone's ascension through the eyes of his second in command, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

        Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, Canada, China
        Duration02:08

        Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryFrance, USA
        Duration02:51

        The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genreaction, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:23

        After a group of Irish mobsters in Hell's Kitchen are sentenced to jail, their wives take their place—and do as good of a job, if not better.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:18

        Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
        Duration02:05

        A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryItaly, France
        Duration02:03

        Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets a “true education.” In 1978, he and his friends Slim and Mario embark on a 15-year criminal career, a successful and ruthless spiral of robberies, kidnappings, murders and heroin smuggling.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration02:01

        Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genreaction, comedy, drama, western, crime
        CountryMexico
        Duration02:25

        Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUSA

        Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the country converged on the sleepy town to discuss upcoming expansion plans. Their plans are foiled when local police trooper Ed Croswell discovers their activities and, consequently, exposes the mob to the American public. Croswell’s actions shed light on the massive web of corruption and changed the face of law enforcement forever.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:07

        An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryHong Kong, China

        The film is set in Hong Kong before its handover to China in 1997, when the city’s booming economy inadvertently attracts three infamous criminals from Mainland China to cross the border and make their fortune in Hong Kong. Although unknown to one another, their notoriety has bred the rumor that the triumvirate will join forces to stage a shocking heist together, so much so that the criminals themselves get wind of it and are tempted to do just that.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryChina

        Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a narrow alley. One day Six's son, Xiaobo, is abducted by some spoiled punks after he scratches their precious Ferrari. Mr. Six realizes that he must do whatever it takes to get his son back — even if that means returning to the life he thought he had left behind.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, drama, crime
        CountryPoland, Czech Republic

        A story about the rise and fall of Zyga - a Polish kid in his early twenties, who wants to take charge of his life after the fall of communism, but in a time of chaos and moral anarchy, unwillingly becomes a gangster.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration02:29

        Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryJapan
        Duration01:14

        Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genreaction, drama, crime
        CountryPoland

        After taking control of the capital, Nanny's gang prepares for the biggest smuggling action in the history of Poland.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration02:12

        John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:56

        Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:50

        In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn't take effect for 21 days. Nick knows they'll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genreaction, drama, crime, biography
        CountryIndia

        This is the gritty and sensational true story of Arun Gulab Gawli, a mill worker’s son who grew up in Mumbai’s impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become an infamous don, politician and chief rival of the most powerful crime boss of the day, Dawood Ibrahim. Daddy realistically charts Mumbai’s true crime history from the 1970s and 1980s until 2012, when Gawli was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:37

        Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryPoland

        Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryFrance, Belgium
        Duration02:15

        Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        Two American entrepreneurs must face a Russian mobster's vengeance after they cut him out of a business deal.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:36

        An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryIndia
        Duration03:02

        A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large shoes.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama, crime
        CountrySouth Korea

        An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:09

          The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryDenmark

          Following a car accident, which kills her mother, 17-year-old Ida moves in with her estranged aunt and her aunt’s grown sons. The home is filled with physical tenderness and love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.




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